New York Fashion Week: 11 of the Wackiest Looks From the Spring 2011 Runway Shows

New York Fashion Week: 11 of the Wackiest Looks From the Spring 2011 Runway Shows

While we’re keeping our eye out for the most flattering trends on the New York Fashion Week runways, the men we know are always quick to point out the wacky, weird and just plan unwearable. (Even so, we think they like the spectacle just as much as we do.) Here, one of Glamour’s favorite guys, Ryan Dodge, sizes up the runway shows and gives us a quick peek inside the male mind.

Alexander Wang: Granny Chic

I’m sure it’s made out of unicorn hair and sewn together by a 103-year-old samurai, but to me, it looks like an old lady’s bathrobe. The only person who could pull this off is Hugh Hefner, provided they make it in purple velour.

Photo: WWD/Thomas Iannaccone

Altuzarra: Way Too Wild

I know it’s high fashion, but it looks a lot like the Me-Tarzan-You-Jane costume I saw in the costume shop last Halloween—and the costume cost about $800 less.

Photo: WWD/Thomas Iannaccone

Edun: See-Through Dress = Dating Foul

I see London, I see France, but I want to earn the chance to see your underpants. This runway look is sexy in theory but creepy in practice.

Photo: WWD/John Aquino

Ohne Titel: Ohne She Didn’t!

Have you wanted to try scuba diving but can’t stand the thought of wearing a boring, shapeless wetsuit? Have I got the outfit for you! You’ll be the sexiest thing under the sea since Ariel from The Little Mermaid. (Sorry, but with that seashell bikini, she was hot.)

Photo: Getty Images

Cushnie et Ochs: Good Girl Gone Bad

I didn’t think it could happen, but they’ve made a schoolgirl pleated skirt and T-shirt combo look weird. It looks trampy, not sexy. Way to give leather ‘n’ lace a bad name.

Photo: WWD/George Chinsee

Ruffian: Beware of the High-Glare Fabrics

Mom is gonna be so pissed when she finds out you stole her good wrapping paper and made a dress out of it. When it comes to shiny stuff, remember the words of Confucius: “Everything in moderation.”

Photo: WWD/Thomas Iannaccone

Project Runway: It’s Official—You’re Auwt

Not even Heidi Klum herself could pull this one off. I’m all about self-expression, but just know that if you wear something this aggressively weird to a party, you’re probably gonna spend a lot of time perusing the host’s book collection and pretending to text.

Photo: WWD

Christian Siriano: Pythons Are People Too

I have a few questions: Um, who’s supposed to wear this? A female pimp? And how many faux pythons had to give their life for your “vision?” C’mon, Christian—Tim Gunn taught you better than that.

Photo: WWD/John Aquino

Richie Rich: Flower Sour

The model’s expression says it all: “I subsisted on wheatgrass juice and poppy seeds for a month to wear a dress that makes my hips look wider than the bus I’d like to jump on to get outta here? I hate this job.”